ADMIRAL EVANS’S FLEET
THE INVITATION TO VISIT AUSTRALIA. INTERESTING REPLY. By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright (Received February 23, 4.29 p.m,) NEW YORK, February 22. Tho authorities at Washington are highly gratified at Mr Deakin’s invitation to Rear-Admiral Evans’s fleet to visit Australia. Mr Motoalfe, Secretary to the Navy,, says tho Naval Department ia grateful for the cordiality shown by the invitation, which will receive serious consideration. \ LONDON. February 22. The New York correspondent of “ The Times ” says the reply which has boon forwarded to Mr Deakin is interesting, as it is The first responsible utterance confirming the rumour that the fleet will undertake a world’s tour.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6451, 24 February 1908, Page 5
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